Improvement in corn-stalk-cutting- knite



dnitrll (gitarist parte one.

GEORGE D. eooDsELL 4AND Norris n BABoooK, or morirono, ILLINoIs.

Letters Patent No; 99,560, dated February 8, 18.70.

The Schedule referrbd to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom tt'mcy concern.' l

Be it known that we, GEORGE D. Goonsenr. and Noyes E. BABeocK, bot-h of Rockford, in the county of Winuebagmaud State of Illinois, have invented a new and improved Combined Oorn-0utter and Pruning-Knife; and we do hereby declare that the follow# ing is a full and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, andto the letters of reference marked thereon.l

This invention has 'for its object the production of an improved implement, which shall be suitable for .use in cutting the stalks of corn, and 'also for pruningpurposes; and to that end,

It consists cti/a curved b'lgglnebattached to, a suitable handle, the innei;cii1ve/oi'whichis'A pr'oid'ed with a i serrated edgeZ and the outer with la"'sfo'otli edge."

Figure 1 represents a side elevation, an

Figure 2, a top view of our improved implement;

To enable others skilled in the art to make anduse our invention, we will now proceed to describe fully its\ construction and operation. v p

A represents the handle, which may be constructed of any suitable material, and in any proper form.

v B-represents the blade, which is attached to the handle A in any suitable manner. It is provided with the inner-curving serrated edge bNand outer-curving' the stalks of corn, and the smooth edge for` pruningpurposes.

C represents a triangular piece of vmetal, which is ,securely riveted to the blade and tang, for the purpose of giving the implement great strength, Without materially increasing its weight.

It will be observed that the blade is4 so arranged, relatively to the handle, that the point of the former nearly meets a parallel line extended for the larger circumference of the handle. In practice it has been found that the relative arrangement of handle and blade givesthe latter the proper-bearing, and enables the implement to be used for an extended period, without unduly tiring the hand of the operator.

Having thus fully described our invention,

What we claim as new, and desire to secure by' Letters Patent, is,-

As a new article of manufacture, the implement described, having the handle A, cimeter-shaped blade B, with a smooth edge upon lits convex surface, and a serrated edge upon its concave, whether made wih or without the strengthening-piece C, as described for the purpose set forth.

This spcification signed and witnessed, this 20th day of November, 1869. l Y

. GEORGE MD. GOODSELL'. Witnesses: NOYES E. BABCOOK.

G. W. FORD,

T. FEARNSIDF.. 

